Siphon for dispensing liquids.



A. KLEINFELDT & B. I'. PRIEMER. srHoN FOR DISPENSING LIQUIDS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR KLEINEELDT AND BRUNO E. PEIEMER', 0E rroEoxEN, NEW JERSEY; SAID PEIEMER ASSIGNOR To SAID KLEINEELDT.

SIPI-ION FOR DISPENSING LIQUIDS. A

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 28, 1913.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Serial No. 770,313.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, ARTHUR KLEINEELDT and BRUNO F. PRIEMER, citizens of the United States, and residing in Hoboken, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Siphons for Dispensing Liquids, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to siphons for dispensing liquids and has for its principal object to improve the construction of the valves for controlling the discharge of the liquid and the flow of gas fromthe gas container to the liquid receptacle. In previous constructions the draw-olf tap or liquid discharge faucet proper has never been formed as a separate unitary Structure from the remaining parts of the Siphon and gas container and yet have formed therein the gas valve by which the flow of gas into the liquid receptacle is controlled, although in some constructions it has been proposed to interconnect the two valves operatively so that a single operating lever serves to control the position of each of the valves.

In accordance with this invention the seats of the two valves and the necessary ducts leading respectively from the gas container and the liquid receptacle to the valves, are formed in a single casting. By thisarrangement the valves may be assembled in the faucet with the operating lever therefor and kindred parts, and the faucet may then be applied to the gas container.

Another object of the invention isto improve generally the construction of the valves and the operating lever so that movement of the latter serves to actuate the valves sequentially and in the most desirable manner to insure a prompt and Vsteady discharge of liquid.

A further object is to mount the operating lever so thatit will lie in a protected position freefrom accidental operation, will occupy a relatively small Space and will insure a maximum leverage to facilitate theY operation of the valves.

Reference is now to be had to the accompanying drawings for a detailed description of one embodiment of the present improvements, in .which- Figure l is a view in vertical section. yof a Siphon embodying the present invention and having the gas container mounted directly on the liquid receptacle. Fig. Q'is a view taken on the plane indicated by the line 2 2y of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

For convenience in illustration and description7 the'gas container a isshown herein as secured directly on the liquidreceptacle Z) as by means of a split sleeve c, collar c and bolts 0l. The form of the liquid receptacle b and the gas container@ is im- `material to the 'successful use of the pres- `ent invention and it is to be understood that siphons of a different character. from that herein illustrated may have the pres- 4ent improvements applied to them without departing from the scope ofthis invention.

The bottom of the gas container a maybe .recessed,.as at a', to lit snugly over the neck b of the liquid receptacle o and may have extending therethrough a gas passage e and a liquid discharge passage f, the lower ends of said passages being in communication with the interior of the liquid receptacle and the outer ends thereof being extended through the wall of the gas container a, as at d and f. In the wall of the gas container t and in juxtaposition to the outer ends of the gas pipe c and the liquid discharge pipe f may be formed a duct a2. The wall of the gas container a adjacent the outer ends of the passages c and ,f may be indented or recessed slightly, as at a3, to receive and position a plate g through which are formed ports f2, a4 and e2, which are adapted to register respectively with the free end f of the liquid discharge pipe f, the port a2 in the wall of the gas container a, and the free end e of the gas pipe e. To this plate g, or rather to the wall of the gas container a, may be secured the improved faucet t which is provided with ducts f3, a5 and e3, which register respectively with the liquid discharge port f2, the gas port a4 and the gas port e2 in the plate g, when the faucet 7L andthe plateA g are rigidly fastened to the wall of the gas container a as through suitable screws, z'. It will be evident that the intermediate plate g might be omitted but its use is desirable since it facilitates the attachment of the faucet h to the container a and insures true registry ofI the several ducts. A 4suitable the size of the receptacle need not be increased by reason of the disposition of the operating lever. Then too, the improved operating lever may not be operated easily by mistake or by inadvertent contact with other objects, as so often happens with siphons now in general use. The form of operating lever employed permits it to be extended for a considerable distancebeyond the stud p3 so that the effective leverage employed in operating the plate m is materially increased 'and the degree of opening of the valves may accordingly be controlled to a nicety.

It will be seen that in the construction illustrated there is provided with the usual liquid pipe a6 which is carried by the gas container a and extends downwardly into the liquid receptacle Zi, a telescoping section a? mounted slidably on its lower end. This section a7 may carry a gasket as `of rubber or other suitable material, held in place normally by a removable screw threaded bushing a. The gasket,V a8 embraces snugly the liquid tube t6 and permits a sliding engagement of the telescoping section a7 with the liquid tube. The extreme lower end ofthe telescoping section a? may be provided with points w10, which, when the tubes are in their normal position, rest on the bottom of the liquid receptacle b and permit a free and constant flow of liquid into the tubes.

We claim as our invention:

1. The combination of a liquid receptacle, a gas container in communication therewith, a faucet through which the liquid is discharged, a valve carried by the faucet to control the discharge of liquid, an independent valve carried by the faucet to control the passage of gas from the gas container to the receptacle, valve stems for said valves, an operating plate loosely and operatively disposed between said valve stems so as to permit relative movement of the valves and an operating lever mounted on the faucet in operative relation to said plate, whereby upon movement of the lever the valves are moved.

2. The combination of a liquid receptacle, a gas container in communication therewith, a faucet through which the liquid is discharged, a valve carried by the faucet to control the discharge of liquid, an independent valve carried by the faucet to control the passage of gas from the gas container to the receptacle, valve stems for said valves, an operating platev through which said valve eratively disposed with respect to the latter to open the gas valve prior to the opening of the liquid valve, continued movement of the lever serving to open both of said valves.

3. The combina-tion of a liquid receptacle, a gas container in communication therewith, a faucet through which the liquid is discharged, a valve carried by the faucet to control the discharge of liquid, an independent valve carried by the faucet to control the passage of gas from the gas container to the receptacle, valve stems for said valves, an operating plate through which said valve stems extend loosely whereby relative movement of the valves is permitted, an operating lever mounted on the faucet and operatively disposed with respect to the latter to open the gas valve prior to the opening of the liquid valve, continued movement of the lever serving to open both of said valves, and independent springs to seat said valves respectively when the lever is returned to its original position, the plate permitting the liquid valve to close before the closing of the gas valve.

4. The combination of a liquid receptacle, a gas container in communication therewith, a faucet through which the liquid is discharged, a valve carried by the faucet to control the discharge of liquid, an independent valve carried by the faucet to control the passage of gas from the gas container to the receptacle, valve stems for said valves, an operating plate through which said valve stems extend loosely, an operating lever mounted on the faucet and a stud carried on the lever to engage the underside of the plate and tilt the same when the lever is moved, whereby the gas valve is opened prior to the opening of the liquid valve, continued movement of the stud serving to open both of said valves, said stud being positioned on the lever to lie directly over the pivot pin thereof when the lever is thrown to the open position whereby the latter is held in the last named position automatically.

This specification signed and witnessed this twenty-fourth day of May A. D., 1913.

ARTHUR KLEINFELDT. BRUNO F. PRIEMER.

Signed in the presence of-'- Gno. H. STELJns, BENTON E. MoRnELL.

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